English 143B

Book List

Blank, Carla: Rediscovering America; Reed, Ishmael: From Totems to Hip-Hop

Description

A writing and literature course in which students will become familiar with trends in 20th- and 21st-century poetry. The selected poetry will be linked to developments in the other arts. Students will write poems based upon models offered by established poets as well as by former Reed students. At the end of the semester, students will organize an anthology based upon their work. This is a course that emphasizes diversity.

Only continuing UC Berkeley students are eligible to apply for this course. To be considered for admission, please electronically submit 5 of your poems, by clicking on the link below; fill out the application you'll find there and attach the writing sample as a Word document or .rtf file. The deadline for completing this application process is 11 PM, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25.

Also be sure to read the paragraph concerning creative writing courses on page 1 of the instructions area of this Announcement of CLasses for further information regarding enrollment in such courses.